US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Thermostable purified reverse transcriptase and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,525, issued on July 28.

"Thermostable purified reverse transcriptase and methods of use" was invented by Shaofeng Ding (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) and Qiang Liu (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermophilic purified Type A DNA-dependent DNA polymerases efficiently catalyze reverse transcription and RNA-dependent DNA pyrophosphorolysis using ribonucleic acid (RNA) templates, virtually also being reverse transcriptases. At optimal temperatures of 60deg C. to 62deg C., the thermophilic reverse transcriptases are particularly efficient for reverse transcription in RT-PCR and RT-PAP amplifications."

The patent was ...